What size is considered good freezer size?
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From: Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:39 PM
Subject: [blackbelly] breed-back dates
Not a bad thing if you have a market for
lambs or room to
We have 5 strands of hot wire. Had 2 escapeers, but we put a stop to that.
Someone on this lists said that before they turn the sheep into an electric
field they hose 'em down with water. Let me tell youwhen the 'ole gals,
which were soaking wet, started their ole trick of heading out
We had 1 horse in with the sheep and now the horse is gone!! I saw him
actually pick a full grown ewe up by the back of the neck and THROW her
across the field. He didn't like to share the hay or feed, and was
pestered by the lambs. I was terrified that he would stomp the babies on
When do the stomachs of a lamb begin to process grain?
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From: RBMuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] orphaned lambs
You might also want to make some small
lamb or
One of our herd sires exhibits the VERY same behavior right before
(within 3 or 4 days) his ewes give birth. He even trys to mount them at
times. We discussed this with the vet and he said that Jr. (the ram)
has the keen ability to be able to detect hormone changes in the ewes.
He's got it right
What is CD/T
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From: Carol J. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] colostrum feeding
Are you sure you need to vaccinate with CD/T?
Carol
At 02:18 PM 5/15/2006 -0400, you
Here in Tennessee we call that stuff Milkweed. If you break the
branches a sappy, white fluid will emerge. It looks like milk and
stinks like the dickens!! unfortunatly it is everywhere at our place!
The books do claim that it is poisonous. The sheep will pick around on
the VERY young leaves
Thought I'd brag on my girls, too! At YesterYear we have had 26
babies ( including 6 set of twins) in 23 days!! Baby number 20 was
the broke leg ewes little girl!
Stephanie
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From: Cecil Bearden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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A quick update on our broke leg ewe. Well, she's a mama again. She
had a healthy ewe lamb on Sat. Feb. 11. She is letting the ewe suck
and they seem to be doing good. She still doesn't put much weight on
that back leg, but she doesn't act like it bothers her much. She gets
up and down to
for the update, Stephanie. Glad you were able to keep her
going
- sounds as if she's doing pretty well. Were you able to splint the
leg?
SP
On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:45 PM, Stephanie Jones wrote:
A quick update on our broke leg ewe. Well, she's a mama again.
She
had a healthy ewe lamb on Sat. Feb. 11
OK ---I know there are some knowledgeable folk who can help I need
it!! I have a 130 lb ewe heavy with lamb. I'm expecting twins just
any day. BUT, yesterday when I got home she was down with a broke leg.
It is broke above the hop (knee) . Called 2 vets and they both said to
shot her. She
I can find no literature that differentiates between hair/wool sheep
when it comes to copper ppm. Helmut, I feel you are very educated on
sheep and have valued your opinion on many matters. If you have access
to info on copper I'd love to read it. It would sure make it easier to
feed everyone
Chickens are scavengers. They, by instinct, pick from the ground. We
have elevated feed troughs for the sheep and I have never seen the
chickens up in the troughs. I guess there is enough spill-over to
hit the ground that they are content. And, they never come around when
the sheep are at the
When we began with our ABs, we had some worm (tape and round) and fly
problems. We fed grain and the girls would paw at it, kicking some of
it out onto the ground. Therefore, we also had, what we call meal-worms,
they come from the corn. Now, the girls would not eat these, but they
just looked
Hello all:
There have been lively discussions about the rams lately, and several
times I have seen folks reply about making sure you have a sheep dog or
guard dog. Now, we have a herd of about 100 AB's and have finished
fencing the back field in and were told we needed a good guard dog. So,
we
We've lost sheep, but we've saved alot of sheep too. We've used ivomec
orally and injectable, and levisole(?sp) pills, but have had better
success with Synanthic which is oral. Once sheep have bottlejaw you
have about a 95% chance of having some type of digestive track infection
and inflamation,
Thanks for ALL the good info concerning our eye dilemma. Well, I
finally had to break down and call the vet, after checking the other
20
or so in the field. Out of 25, 8 have the cloudy,hazy eye thing going
on. One poor soul is completly blind at this point, turning in
circles:(
Cecil,
Did your ewes regain their eyesight? The blinded mamma and her baby
both have this stuff, but the lamb looked better last night and came
straight to the feed trough. It didn't appear that she was having any
trouble with her sight last night. BUT , momma is still turning in
circle and
Thanks for ALL the good info concerning our eye dilemma. Well, I
finally had to break down and call the vet, after checking the other 20
or so in the field. Out of 25, 8 have the cloudy,hazy eye thing going
on. One poor soul is completly blind at this point, turning in
circles:( The doc
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